Silo.



F. L. ADAMS.

SILO.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. 1915.

1 ,232, 1 6 1 Patented July 3, 1917.

3% w gwm llNITED STATES PATENT UFFTQE.

FRANK L. ADAMS, OF RADNOR, OHIO, ASSIGNOB, IBY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0HIMSELF, AND CHARLES E. KAGAY, 0F RICHWOOD, QI-IIO.

SILO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed July 21, 1916. Serial No. 110,615.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK L. ADAMS, a citizenof the United States, residing at Radnor, in the county of Delaware andState of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Silos, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in silos, and particularly to aconstruction whereby a silo, constructed of wooden blocks, may be madeand maintained air-tight during the life of the silo.

The improvement consists in interfitting the meeting edges of the blocksand in forming a channel in the horizontal meeting edges of the certainlayers to receive a binding wire which is terminally provided with meanswhereby it may be adjusted and held in such adjusted relation.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in thefollowing specification, reference being had particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in. which:

Figure 1 is a broken sectional view showing a portion of the blocksarranged in silo forming relation;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a broken section showing the connection of the terminals ofthe clamping bands.

In constructing the improved silo, I utilize blocks 1 of any appropriatelength and width, and of suitable configuration so that when arranged ina series of horizontal rows, they will form a rounded silo of thedesired diameter. The blocks are to be disposed so that the joints ofone layer break with the joints of the adjacent layers, and the meetingedges of the blocks of any one layer are formed with cooperatingprojections 2, in channels 3 to secure an interlocking relation.

Throughout the door opening of the silo, which extends preferablythroughout the length of the silo, the free edges of the the dimensionor size of the silo, the horizontal meeting edges of adjacent layers areformed with channels 5, which together constitute an endless conduitwhen the respective layers are in silo forming relation. This conduit isdesigned to receive a binding or clamping wire 6, which extendsthroughout the length of the silo, and its ends projected through therespective angle irons 4: of the door way. The free terminals of thebinding wire are threaded and connected with the usual turnbuckle 7, fortightening the wire to the desired extent, the threaded terminals beingalone provided with jam nuts 8, which are threaded upon the wires tobear upon the angle irons. The wires are thus held in fixed bindingrelation, and the whole structure is effectively clamped.

It is of course to be understood that aside from the details hereindescribed, the silo is to be constructed in any preferred manner, thenumber of the binding wires being optional as is also their diameter.

Having now described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is A silo made up of a series of interfitting blocks arranged inhorizontal rows, said silo being formed with a door opening, angle ironssecured to and overlying the edges of said opening, binding wirescompletely housed in the blocks between the horizontal meeting edges ofadjacent rows, turnbuckles connecting the said terminals of the wiresdisposed in the door way, and jam nuts engaging the respective terminalsof the wires and bearing against the angle irons.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK L. ADAMS.

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